The Daily Dig for Wednesday, November 11

Val Katayev built companies in several different sectors and then veered off into managing a peer-to-peer fund. He explains why.

A legal opinion on the SEC’s new crowdfunding rules

The SEC’s final rules are mostly consistent with their earlier proposed rules, but a few problem areas remain, Pillsbury believes.

Don’t expect GOP to break up big banks

Based on comments during the fourth GOP candidates debate, don’t bet the farm on a Republican president breaking up the big banks, writes Ronald Orol.

Biggest Chinese banks in capital raise pickle

China’s four biggest banks may be forced to raise $400 billion to meet new global capital requirements at a time when they are supposed to be lending more. Learn more here.

Chinese P2P exec charged with insider trading

Meili Jinrong Founder and CEO Yannan Liu and his cousin have been charged with insider trading after they profited from information related to the sale of two companies before it became public. Julie Sternberg reports.

A two-time LendIt Journalist of the Year nominee and winner in 2018, Tony has written more than 2,000 original articles on the blockchain, peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding and emerging technologies over the past seven years, making him one of the senior writers in the alt-fi sector.

"The evolution of the crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending scenes is absolutely fascinating to chronicle. It is a joy to be around people with such passion and vision."